Originally Posted by
mketch11
Finally read the LOA and ya it says “when a first officer is awarded a captain status he will, for the purposes and vacancy bidding only, be considered to hold his awarded captain status and receive the appropriate hourly wage as if he had attained his captain status.”
The union email I remembered states "For those who are awarded CA pay upon award via the First Officer Advancement Program LOA, you continue to receive your retention payments under the provisions set by that LOA until "the pilot completes Captain upgrade training (Change in Status).""
And the email is dated after the latest LOAs. So the union was expecting this to play out as though you get captain pay on award and retention bonus until fed ride. But the quote from the LOA you have seems to say otherwise. Maybe the union got duped.
In any case, I still think you're better off trying to stay senior FO on CA pay rates as long as possible which is why you shouldn't vacancy bid.